[RFC][PATCH 0/5] arch: atomic rework

Paul E. McKenney paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Sat Feb 15 06:35:00 GMT 2014


On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 06:48:02PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > And conversely, the C11 people can walk away from us too. But if they
> > can't make us happy (and by "make us happy", I really mean no stupid
> > games on our part) I personally think they'll have a stronger
> > standard, and a real use case, and real arguments. I'm assuming they
> > want that.
> 
> I should have somebody who proof-reads my emails before I send them out.
> 
> I obviously meant "if they *can* make us happy" (not "can't").

Understood.  My next step is to take a more detailed look at the piece
of the standard that should support RCU.  Depending on how that turns
out, I might look at other parts of the standard vs. Linux's atomics
and memory-ordering needs.  Should be interesting.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul



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